Lewis Bear
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Lewis Bear | |
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Born | October 20, 1831 Oettingen, Bavaria, Germany |
Died | July 18, 1895 Pensacola |
Occupation | Businessman |
Spouse | Henrietta Kugelman |
For the current president of the Lewis Bear Company, see Lewis Bear, Jr..
For other uses, see Lewis Bear (disambiguation).
Lewis Bear (1831-1895) was a Bavarian immigrant and Confederate veteran who moved to Pensacola from Greenville, Alabama in 1876. A year later he established a grocery on Palafox Street — the Lewis Bear Company — that would eventually become a major wholesale liquor distributor.